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Cisco Systems® announces the end-of-sale and end-of life dates for the Cisco® SFS 7000 and SFS 7008 (formerly the Topspin 120 and 270. The last day to order the affected products is 01-JUN-2006. Customers with active service contracts will continue to receive support from the Cisco Technical Assistance Center (TAC) until 01-JUL-2011.

Table 1 describes the end-of-life milestones, definitions, and dates for the affected products. Table 2 lists the product part numbers affected by this announcement.

Customers are encouraged to migrate to Cisco SFS 7000P and SFS 7008P, which offer the same features and functionality as the Cisco SFS 7000 andSFS 7008 as well as support for optical connections and RoHS compliance (Table 3).

Table 1.End-of-Life Milestones and Dates for the Cisco SFS 7000 and SFS 7008

Milestone

Definition

Date

End-of-Life Announcement Date

The date the document that announces the end of sale and end of life of a product is distributed to the general public.

12-FEB-2006

End-of-Sale Date

The last date to order the product through Cisco point-of-sale mechanisms. The product is no longer for sale after this date.

1-JUN-2006

Last Shipment Date

The last-possible sh! ip date that can be requested of Cisco and/or its contract manufacturers. Actual ship date is dependent on lead time.

1-SEP-2006

End of Software Maintenance ReleasesDate

The last date that Cisco Engineering may release any final software maintenance releases or bug fixes. After this date, Cisco Engineering will no longer develop, repair, maintain, or test the product software.

1-JUN-2007

End of Routine Failure Analysis Date

The last-possible date a routine failure analysis may be performed to determine the cause of product failure or defect.

1-JUN-2007

End of New Service Attachment Date

For equipment and software that is not covered by a service-and-support contract, this is the last date to order a new service-and-support contract or add the equipment and/or software to an existing service-and-support contract.

1-JUN-2007

End of Service Contract Renewal Date

The last date to extend or renew a service contract for the product.

1-OCT-2010

Last Date of Support

The last date to receive service and support for the product. After this date, all support services for the product are unavailable, and the product becomes obsolete.

Customers can use the Cisco Technology Migration Plan (TMP) to trade in products and receive credit toward the purchase of new Cisco equipment. For more information about Cisco TMP, go to http://www.cisco.com/go/tradein/. The Cisco TMP application requires all users to have a Cisco.com user ID.